Picture Book (studio album)
by Simply Red
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Picture Book is ranked as the best album by Simply Red.
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Picture Book track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 15:40 | Leginlists | 796 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:32 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/07/2025 15:31 | JamesMowbray | 5,261 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2025 08:06 | anybody187 | 12 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2025 23:35 | davidbalo | 356 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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This is one of those purchases because of radio time from the song "Holding Back The Years". Mick Hucknall has that soul sound voice and is a good songwriter. There are a couple songs that I like that I think most people find average, that is "Come To My Aid" and "Jericho".
Jboy56 09/08/2024 12:47 | #305181
My favorite band of all time. Impeccable style made of pop, soul and funk
I think that this album is often overshadowed by Stars which is another excellent album. Simply Red isn't all about Mick Hucknall, yes he is a great vocalist and frontman but this band is made up of some great musicians too. This album mixes many styles incorporating jazz, rock, mood music to name but a few. 'Picture Book' is a personal favourite with almost prog like leanings.
Goliath 11/24/2018 11:41 | #225589
Some good tracks (1, 2 and 6), some filler and one of the best songs ever written.
planetneutral 01/21/2018 19:12 | #206217
Actually a pretty nice choice for late night listening.
My favorite songs : Jericho....Holding back the years....Sad old red.....Picture book ....Heaven
zdwyatt 08/05/2015 20:59 | #147172
They would be a forgettable pop soul band but for Hucknall's singing and he was never better than he was here. This is a consistent collection with the standout "Holding Back the Years," which makes my list of best songs ever written.
timtooky 04/25/2014 22:23 | #110083
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Holding is a justifiable classic and is the song that got this band famous. But its on tracks such as Picture book that shows Hucknall's talent - the man can flat out sing.
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